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Rimfire replicas produce but a fraction of the recoil dished out by their centerfire inspirations, which is a wonderful benefit for repetitive training exercises or for introducing new shooters to handguns.
|
Pistol |
Caliber |
Load |
Muzzle Velocity |
Recoil Velocity |
Free-Recoil Energy |
 Colt Rail Gun |
.45 ACP | Hornady 230-grain FMJ | 839 | 13.67 | 6.62 |
 Umarex USA Colt Rail Gun |
.22 LR | Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS | 999 | 2.92 | .30 |
 Smith & Wesson M&P9 |
9 mm | Winchester USA 115-grain FMJ | 1,123 | 14.39 | 4.83 |
 Smith & Wesson M&P22 |
.22 LR | Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS | 977 | 4.29 | .43 |
 Ruger SR40 |
.40 S&W | Remington Express 155-grain JHP | 1,125 | 17.17 | 7.79 |
 Ruger SR22 |
.22 LR | Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS | 948 | 5.76 | .56 |
Muzzle and recoil velocity measured in fps. Free-recoil energy measured in foot-pounds.
